Maddy Underwood

Learn to remain flexible and spontaneous on press, embracing the imperfect qualities of type and image in letterpress printing!

This workshop focuses on creating beautiful backgrounds for a small edition of letterpress prints, highlighting several alternative processes for dynamic, relief-printed imagery.

Guided by collaborators Liz Isakson-Dado and Maddy Underwood, participants will explore collage techniques for texture layers, with materials like craft foam, oil board, wood glue, and more. Each participant will letterpress print their own short message in black ink with Hamilton wood type on top of their imagery.

This class is an exciting exercise of working with color and shape for beginners and seasoned printmakers alike!

Maddy Underwood is an artist, designer, and letterpress printer from Nashville. She holds a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis, and is currently an MFA candidate at the UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art. She has worked with Hatch Show Print, Third Man Records, Partners in Print, as well as a variety of independent recording artists and bands. She teaches papermaking and letterpress workshops, and is passionate about introducing others to the beauty of analog processes.